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oh absolutely! i mean...i RARELY meet someone in "real life" who is against the idea of gay marriage. some may not agree with it as a practice, but they wouldn't treat someone BADLY for being gay and married either. they are TRYING to divide us like boobs.

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Overpopulation is a myth and a cruel excuse. This generation. Its not the population thats a problem; it's the government and the destructiveness of humanity. This generation places pleasure above life. It loves pleasure and hates life. Its humanity that needs to change. Not the population. Shortage of food my *** as fat America stuffs their face.

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i agree with you josegh. it's hirafu's specious (and well-worn) argument that we should legalize murder in the name of controlling our population. as IF we can control the world with human hands anyway.

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Not sure what the numbers are now, but when I was conducting research into pot and it's effects, both positive and negative on society, I was a bit shocked to learn that according to the 2009 FBI's crime statistics website, a whopping 53% of people in federal prisons were there for non-violent, marijuana related "possession" crimes.

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omg..53 percent?! no WONDER they won't legalize it...they like to harp on the statistics of how much it costs to keep a prisoner in prison, but they wouldn't put so many people in prison if they werent somehow getting money out of it. it's a BUSINESS, just as CHURCHES are the business of Bible study (and im a Christian)

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You must have some big jails in the US. In the UK we often have scandals about violent criminals getting out early, shortage of jail places being the excuse. That criminals are often treated better than their victims is a common complaint.

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Prisons are big business here in the US. Most of them are becoming privately owned, rather than state or federal. It's all about the profits. Criminals here are treated better too... only we call most of them politicians. ;)

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As you say there are many rights abuses all over the globe, So why this on gets the most attention is a mystery, to most.

imagine you are in charge of everything government and you want things how they are, (for reasons of control and finances). but the people are restless and want rights, so you to put a few "activists" into the populace to stir things up and create the illusion of rights and being heard, but who? prisoners, soldiers, educationists, elderly. sh1t these are all going to change things and cost, f**kit make them fight for gay rights, that won't cost us or eat away our control. the problem is us, we fight the wrong battles.

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Gay rights do have a heavy cost. First they give government an excellent smoke screen to cover up more serious issues. Second, all these pressure group rights give work to keep civil servants employed, to spy on you and to take away the real rights you should have. When people argue about lesser issues politicians can sneak in bigger things through the back door. It's an old trick.

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The prisons we have that are overflowing stem largely from the prohibition on drugs this country has followed now for more than thirty years. Our education system is in a shambles. Not to mention an outdated military as it is currently structured. But with the lack of real Statesmen we have in DC right now, I do not think better is coming soon. If the Dems can turnout and retake the House perhaps we can see much fixed. In it's current state, Congress just does nothing. Over two million now locked up of which 82% were for non-violent offences with drugs.....bc